Guy Cosmo Racinghttp://www.guycosmo.com/home/News about racing driver, Guy Cosmoen-US2008-05-13T13:33:17ZSquarespace Site Server v4.1.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Grand-Am.com Driver Blog - Cosmo: Part Threehttp://www.guycosmo.com/home/2008/4/5/grand-amcom-driver-blog-cosmo-part-three.html[Your Name Here]2008-04-05T15:02:21ZHello Everyone!

Here is the third and final installment of how I got to where I currently am - with the Spirit of Daytona Racing Daytona Prototype team. I last left off talking about my first Rolex 24 At Daytona in a new car. I also talked about my good friend Josh Rhem, both how he got me that ride with Darius Grala and a tribute to Rhem's life.

Next on my list was finding a ride for the 12 hours of Sebring, which I did, in an LMP1 prototype (nothing like jumping straight to the top!), and then onward to race with Dag, RJ Valentine and Cegwa for two more races and plenty of testing. That then led to securing two races with Synergy Racing (then known as G&W Motorsports) with teammates Darren Law and Andy Lally (who grew up racing in the same go-kart club as me on Long Island, N.Y.), and then filling in at Duane Neyer Motorsports in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series for two races, notching back-to-back victories in only those two starts.]]>Cosmo Shows Porsche Powered Coyote Package Has Competitive Strength At Homestead Miami Speedwayhttp://www.guycosmo.com/home/2008/4/2/cosmo-shows-porsche-powered-coyote-package-has-competitive-s.html[Your Name Here]2008-04-02T18:25:16Z
Photo by John Thawley Guy Cosmo and Spirit of Daytona Racing pulled out all the stops at Homestead Miami Speedway for the GAINSCO Grand Prix. This phase in the teams development of the #09 Porsche-powered Coyote Daytona Prototype would be summed up in one word. Aggressive. After Cosmo’s stellar qualifying run that saw the team positioned 6th on the grid, a decision was made to let the Porsche power out and make a run for the front.

While the Coyote is a derivative of  the Fabcar, the oldest Daytona Prototype chassis running in the Series, the Porsche power more than made up for the disadvantage the team finds themselves with. As newer packages come on line, and still others compete with thousands of hours of development time,  Spirit of Daytona continued to show they have what it takes to run at the front.

And run at the front they did. After the first caution Cosmo had the car up in second place. And pushing the car to its limits, he was able battle his way into a competitive top-5 position. But a late race spin as he was working his way to 4th resulted in an off-track excursion costing him valuable track time. After turning the car over to Marc Camirand, the team finished 13th on the day.
]]>Cosmo Notches Best-Ever Qualifying Effort for Porsche-FABCAR Efforthttp://www.guycosmo.com/home/2008/3/30/cosmo-notches-best-ever-qualifying-effort-for-porsche-fabcar.html[Your Name Here]2008-03-30T14:58:44ZBest-ever qualifying for Lozano-Brothers-prepared Porsche-FABCAR

Homestead, Fla. (28 March 2008) – Spirit of Daytona Racing set a new high in the development program for the Porsche-powered FABCAR by scoring sixth in qualifying for the GAINSCO Grand Prix on Friday as Guy Cosmo set a fast lap time of 1:14.043-seconds at Homestead Miami Speedway. The third row start marks the best qualifying result in the short history of the Porsche-powered FABCAR Daytona Prototype package, which is set for a third outing in Rolex Sports Car Series competition on Saturday afternoon.]]>